Music
More popular than The Beggar’s Opera, J. F. Lampe’s goofy opera of 1737 receives its first complete recording, and the performance is splendidly, subtly humorous.
More proof that, with pianist Igor Levit, Beethoven had found new interpreter, not only worthy, but important.
Pianist Beatrice Rana, joined by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and conductor Yanick Nézet-Séguin, plays the daylights out of Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor.
Chamber music under Shakespeare’s spell is responsible for one of the high points of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble’s current season.
One of the true masters of jazz, Wayne Shorter, passed away during the early hours of March 2. Our writers quickly gathered to express their appreciations of Shorter’s innovations and his long life of constant creativity.
Two takes on the orchestral music of Prokofiev — one impish and unpretentious, the other revelatory.
Both jazz combos, The Bad Plus and Marc Ribot, sport connections to rock, which might have contributed to the sold-out room.
The banjo’s African relative makes its American debut via a new Smithsonian Folkways album.
The program was a delight, especially for those, like this reviewer, who, for years, have yearned to visit Paris again. Aurally, Skylark flew us there.
Rock Remembrance: David Lindley, A Splendidly Cavalier Spirit
Electric guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, saz, oud, Hawaiian guitar, lap steel, fiddle, cittern; if it could be plucked, strummed or bowed, odds are Mr. Dave played it and played it well.
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